Let's Talk Supply Chain

APRIL 28, 2025

This bold initiative is poised to revolutionize the way essential ‍medical supplies and ‍equipment are sourced and distributed, ushering in a new era of efficiency and reliability in the sector.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By selecting and developing the right suppliers and establishing streamlined, transparent communication with them, manufacturers gain the agility and resilience to respond to customer demands, rise to the top, and navigate disruptions more easily. That makes agility a foundational part of your manufacturing strategy.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 3, 2025

The US administrations announcement of reciprocal tariffs in early April sent a jolt through global supply chains. Another CPO pointed to the urgent internal push for greater transparency at the supplier-level mapping and for granular understanding of sub-tier suppliers, component origins and even HS-code-level exposure.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 1, 2025

Traditional waterfall methodologies give way to agile approaches. They understand product development cycles, marketing strategies, and operational challenges. Blockchain As supply chains demand greater transparency, knowledge of blockchain becomes ever more necessary.

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TYA Suite

MAY 13, 2025

The main goal of operational procurement is to ensure that the right products and services are available when needed, at the best possible cost, with minimal waste or delays. Over time, these enhanced collaborations improve supply chain stability and can even lead to co-innovation opportunities.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2025

Such a model, based on prioritizing unit economies and production at scale, doesn’t prepare manufacturers and retailers for the waves of disruption that are washing over global supply chains today. Singhal says AI is instrumental today in helping buyers to locate suppliers that can provide maximum agility.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. The Top 10 CEOs Who Have Worked As Supply Chain Professionals 1. Tim Cook Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has a background in operations and supply chain management. Don’t forget!

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ivalua

MARCH 24, 2021

Without digitization, many manufacturing organizations see one or more of these areas suffer due to a reliance on manual processes, a lack of collaboration with suppliers, and little to no visibility of risk during the product development process. Digitization Benefit #1: Inter-Enterprise Collaboration .

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the era of the Digital Retail Revolution, adaptive supply chain management is imperative amid the surge in online retail and the social commerce boom. The complexity of the e-commerce landscape is compounded by the presence of multiple sales channels, posing challenges to efficient management.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. Production Lead Time: Encompassing manufacturing, quality control, assembly, and related processes. Improved efficiency in production processes and resource utilization.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

With the company rapidly becoming a leader in smoke-free products, including heated tobacco devices and e-cigarettes, it successfully built a supply base in the highly competitive electronic devices market. This at times made it difficult to deliver the speed, agility and efficiency expected by the wider organisation.

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The Good Spending

AUGUST 16, 2022

Why is supply chain collaboration essential? Once, I was asked what makes the supply chain important to a company. Shadow procurement, supply chain, and logistics have become standard for many companies. The supply chain is the most collaborative function in the business.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. What is Product (or Master) Data Management? The following Product Information Management (PIM) article was written by guest author Alex Borzo, a content contributor at Amber Engine , a software company passionate about eCommerce. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Get Our EBOOK HERE.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

Cloud can help address peaks in demand during product development cycles, which might last from a short duration to a longer duration, and enable organizations to get access to the resources and capabilities that they might not have a need for around the clock.

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EazyStock

APRIL 28, 2022

What does supply chain optimization mean? Put simply, supply chain optimization means using technology to get inventory to the right place at the right time – at the lowest cost and highest profit for your business. Supply chain optimization best practice. Build buffers into the supply chain.

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EazyStock

APRIL 28, 2022

What does supply chain optimization mean? Put simply, supply chain optimization means using technology to get inventory to the right place at the right time – at the lowest cost and highest profit for your business. Supply chain optimization best practice. Build buffers into the supply chain.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier collaboration serves as the foundation for supply continuity, agility, risk management, and resilience when disruptions occur. 2: Invest in Relationship Management Supplier relationship management (SRM) can foster a culture of transparency between businesses and their suppliers.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 24, 2024

In the fast-paced realm of ecommerce, efficient inventory management is vital for running a successful online business. This article outlines top inventory management techniques that ecommerce businesses can use to enhance efficiency and organization. This detail is crucial for efficient order fulfillment and inventory replenishment.

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Una

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Implementing a Just-in-Time supply chain keeps your warehousing lean and at just the right level to meet demand. Procurement should also collaborate with suppliers to identify cost savings opportunities, explore new product development, and identify ways to improve efficiencies.

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Let's Talk Supply Chain

JANUARY 9, 2023

As a global technology company, they provide networked innovation, quality, and compliance solutions to consumer brands that want to reduce supply chain risk, innovate faster, speed up business processes, and take control of data. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [06.31] Gary’s background and how, and why, it led him to founding TraceGains.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 15, 2024

In the fast-paced ecommerce environment, efficient inventory management plays an important role in ensuring smooth operations and customer satisfaction. These include: Tight Supply Chain Integration: Close collaboration and communication between suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers are essential for successful JIT inventory implementation.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Business process reengineering (BPR) is the radical redesign of core business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in performance, efficiency and effectiveness. This can lead to can significant improvements in efficiency, accuracy and scalability and enable the organization to operate more effectively.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Supplier relationship management is a process for developing and managing collaborative relationships with suppliers at all levels to achieve the required business objectives and overall supply chain strategy. This allows one single message to be sent more efficiently than covering the material one supplier at a time.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Healthcare, insurance and education are more hesitant due to the legal and compliance efforts to which they must adhere—and the lack of insight, transparency and regulation in generative AI. Code generation : Software developers and programmers use generative AI to write code.

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Solvoyo

JULY 9, 2020

Solvoyo’s Development & DevOps teams were able to switch to remote working in a matter of hours while ensuring critical systems and projects kept running. Thanks to putting agile and resilient plans in place well ahead of the crisis, we were ready pretty quickly. Solvoyo has built strong DevOps since its foundation.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Increasingly, artificial intelligence-driven solutions, such as JAGGAER’s Contracts AI, reduce effort and increase efficiency. Ensure supply continuity This was number 1 on the 2023 list of priorities. First, organizations need to get full supply chain visibility. What is the probability of a supply chain disruption?

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World of Procurement blog

MAY 23, 2024

To gain operational efficiencies by standardising and simplifying purchasing processes across fewer supplier relationships. To build stronger strategic relationships with their most capable suppliers, facilitating collaboration on product innovation, quality, sustainability, and continuous improvement.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

New Wave 3 Technology can empower a more efficient and responsive planning process. If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). TRADITIONAL IBP AND PLANNING TECHNOLOGY. Lacking insights.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

To maintain their competitiveness and overcome today’s challenges, manufacturers have had to make agility and adaptability top priorities. Furthermore, AI can help manufacturers implement predictive maintenance systems and processes, streamline supply chain management, and identify and address workplace safety hazards proactively.

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Finale Inventory

JULY 15, 2024

The inventory turnover ratio is a key metric that measures the efficiency of a company’s inventory management. This ratio indicates the speed at which inventory is sold and replenished, providing insights into the efficiency and effectiveness of inventory management. This is a step-by-step guide for calculating this ratio.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 25, 2024

We have the potential to enhance operational efficiency and drive wider business objectives. Driving added value that impacts a business’s top line, operational efficiency and brand equity can all fall within procurement’s influence. A keen focus on operational efficiencies leads to realized cost savings.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 5, 2024

FRDM FRDM is a software company specialising in supply chain risk management. Their software is designed for multinational corporations managing complex supply chains. It helps large enterprises like Virgin, Coca-Cola, Boeing, and IBM map, monitor, and mitigate ESG risks across their global supply chains.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Starbucks also paid careful attention to its supply chain, ensuring is products were ethically sourced and offering specialty drinks that in some geographic locations could be difficult to find. Typically, the chain leases its stores and keeps them small and bare bones, saving money on real estate and extensive labor costs.

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Una

JANUARY 8, 2024

Value-Creation Maestro You invest a bit more in fuel-efficient, low-maintenance vehicles with a longer lifespan. The value here isn't just held in the initial cost but in the total cost of ownership, environmental impact, and overall efficiency. Process & Operational Efficiency Efficiency is the name of the game.

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Empowering CPO

JUNE 14, 2023

Whether you’re a procurement professional looking to stay ahead of the curve, a business leader seeking to drive efficiency, or simply someone interested in business innovation, this post is for you. These technologies enable better supplier evaluation, improved contract management, predictive analytics, and enhanced transparency.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Modular design: subdividing sophisticated systems into simple modules in order to more efficiently organize complex processes. Offering an integrate portfolio for managing requirements, workflow and testing, as well as systems design modeling.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

A digital thread is a digital representation of a product’s lifecycle , from design to manufacturing to maintenance and beyond, providing a seamless flow of data that connects all aspects of the lifecycle. However, the impact of each technology will vary depending on manufacturer needs.

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